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page 16, April 12, 1978 - North Shore News

It has become. ao regular :
thing each year for teachers, —
professors and Departments
of Education to clobber: the

kids because they fail dis-

mally in their English re- -

quirements, _—

Newspaper Editors, . al-_
ways sniffing the breeze for
something sensational, slam |
_ thé students with impassion-
ed editorials while the kids
are still numb from reading

the — latest unemployment
Statistics.

T’AIN’T FAIR, FELLERS! .

Therefore, today’s column >
will give the young people a

chance to get off the canvas
and give the «ducators a

whack in the snoot -- because _

I’m going to pull a Sneaky .
Pete which will give the kids
a fighting chance to prove

_ that most English teachers . :
will have a 99 per cent failure -

rating | in this little test!

Get together kids..... and
_ for fun and games ask your

teacher to correctly identify
the author of each of these.

phrases, which are among

the most common in the.

English language:

(1)... ‘born with a ‘silver
spoon in his mow

_@) ...“‘the pot calls the
kettle black. ”

(3) ----° “birds of a feather
fiock together.’’ -

(4)...’"raise a hue and
wear 2?
we ve

(5)...”’within a

stone’s
throw.””

(6)..."'...lead_ me a_wild-

goose chase.”’

.

(7)...“‘give up the ghost.”?

_ (8). every dog has his

day.’’

(9)..."a finger in “every

- pie.’

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"(14)..."time out of mind.’ ,”

[{i9-"t00m much of a good

thing.”

- (16)...4* ‘you “haven't seen
. nothing yet.” me

won. fair lady.”

(0)... ‘ive the devil his

due;

(1)... ‘without a wink of
sleep.”

thing."

the shelves for readers
according to the library |
annual report for 1977. .

According to the report,
wos & cooks

added in 1977 along, with 26
new periodical and. news-.
paper Subscriprons to bring
this total to 254.

12,208

‘The libraries - have 2,046
records. available on their
shelves. The records were

. upped t by. ‘904 last year.

A total of 4, 818 books were
mended and rebound in 1977 |
while: 3,031 - books, . 120 .
records and 231° Pamphlets
were discarded. :

(22),thank you “for no- : wee

- District Libraries now have | _
a total of 121,401 books on

. (8)... "It s good t to keep a
 nest-egg.”” ae

09).."tuen over’ a new
leaf.

Now for the. answers to the
_ Sneaky Pete Quiz!
, Modi

other library materials ‘in the
district library system: in-
creased in 1977. '

A total of 9, 558 ‘requests
were received by libraries in.

‘the district as. against % 336
requests in 1976.

Inter . federation . delivery
for materials: requested in-
. creased dramatically.

, Last year the Greater \X
Vancouver: Library Federa-.

“(3)..-**the. ‘sweat’ of my

(17)...{‘faint ae ne’ ‘er. remember, I Said a 99 per

- cent failure rate!

__ forethought to make a little

- Requests for. ‘pooks and”

- join: you, ‘they. should by ‘now
be going quietly. NUTS!

“Your - ‘teacher will ‘be.
“chewing | ‘splinters | from | a
pencil. and sweating ‘Pro-
fasely. |

So here’ S the. answer -- - and .

eee

EVERY SINGLE ONE OF
THE QUOTES ARE FROM
THE SAME WRITER:
CERVANTES - WHO.
WROTE THE IMMORTAL
‘CLASSIC, . _ “DON_
-QUIXOTE!”” ; 7

ne ‘gkeee.

oyand if, “you had the

- bet with ‘the. teacher who.
~ flunked. you in English, you.
_can enjoy a Big Mac - while.
_ the teacher pays the shot bad
‘the whole’ class! 7

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